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Plant Pueraria montana (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Kudzu; Kudsu
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
var. lobata
Subspecies Author
(WILLD.) MAESEN & S. M. ALMEIDA

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-D-PINITOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-L-LACTIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MAGNESIUM-LACTATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PINITOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-GLYCINOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Stem not available 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-4-VINYL-PHENOL 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 80600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 18300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3'-HYDROXY-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYLPUERARIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3'-HYDROXYPUERARIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3'-METHOXYDAIDZEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3'-METHOXYDAIDZIN 0 Root not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3'-METHYLPUERARIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-(2-O-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-4-METHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(4-HYDROXY-BENZYL)-BUT-2-EN-4-OLIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-BETA-DAMASCONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 19400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-BETA-IONONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-O-(RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-PENTOSYL(1,2)GLUCURONOPYRANOSYL)-SOPHORADIOL 0 Flower not available 54.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4',7-DIHYDROXYISOFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4'-METHOXYPUERARIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihypertensive 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiileus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic 4 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 9 Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antileukotriene-D4 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipedemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).